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NASA map shows temperatures up to 160 degrees on Phoenix streets
- cs702 2y ago...due to asphalt absorbing heat from unobstructed sun. 160'F is hot enough to boil an egg in under a couple of minutes. My reaction: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Edvard_Munch%2C_1893%2C_The_Scream%2C_oil%2C_tempera_and_pastel_on_cardboard%2C_91_x_73_cm%2C_National_Gallery_of_Norway.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Edvard_M...
- FriedPickles 2y agoYes, it could cook an egg. But to boil an egg at 160ºf you'd have to be at the top of Everest.
- cs702 2y agoHahaha, indeed! :-)
- beede 2y agoAll that shows is some surfaces at least 140°F. Which is still effing hot, but there are only three colors in the legend.
- matthewdgreen 2y agoWe have got to come up with an inexpensive and non-slippery solution for painting streets white in these cities. I know it’s possible, but all of the existing solutions seem to be really expensive or change the grip of the pavement, or else just don’t last very long.
- mikestew 2y agobut all of the existing solutions seem to be really expensive or change the grip of the pavement, or else just don’t last very long. …or make you go snowblind while you’re trying to drive down the street. Just the thought of Phoenix in July while walking on a completely white surface makes my eyes hurt.
- jandrese 2y agoWould it be so bad to use concrete instead? Sure the up front cost is higher, but it has a higher albedo and lasts longer, especially since Phoenix doesn't have snowplows tearing up the streets.
- andrewxdiamond 2y agoThe total cost of ownership differences between asphalt and concrete roads is astronomical. A single pothole in concrete is a very invasive fix with significant amount of debris, but asphalt can be almost infinitely recycled. Replacing asphalt means eating up the debris and putting it right back in the ground. Replacing concrete means toting truck loads of the stuff _somewhere else_ to sit
- SkyPuncher 2y agoRoad concrete gets crushed and used as road base. Not the exact, perfect reuse of Asphalt but it does end up used as fill.
- kolinko 2y agoOr narrow them down and plant trees?
- carabiner 2y agohttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/los-angeles-is-painting-some-of-its-streets-white-and-the-reasons-why-are-pretty-cool/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/los-angeles-is-painting-some-of... It's being tested but is very expensive.
- 8xeh 2y agoPhoenix does this: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/to-beat-the-heat-phoenix-paints-its-streets-gray/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/to-beat-the-heat-... > Experts say road temperatures in the Phoenix area can rise to 180 degrees on a hot day I guess being only 160°F means the gray is working. I wonder how well it would do if it were painted white.
- itishappy 2y agoNASA's article has a bit more detail: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-ecostress-maps-burn-risk-across-phoenix-streets https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-ecostress-maps-burn-risk... Poor pets.
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- dvh 2y ago71°C
- jurassicfoxy 2y agoPhoenix "city planners" (do any cities actually do any intelligent planning?) must be the most pointless job in the world. "How can we design something so awful that it is nearly uninhabitable?" must be their design philosophy. Or perhaps I should give them more credit; it may be a high quality experiment in Martian landscaping and terraforming.
- gmuslera 2y agoIn hundreds of years some future religions will believe in the myth of Phoenix rising from its ashes.
- wdh505 2y agoYou only need 120 degrees and 45 mins to cook an egg on the pavement